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Ukraine remained without 1.2 million tonnes of coal due to the events in Ukraine’s east. Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan told at an extended meeting of the government on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Due to the conduct of combat battles in Ukraine’s east, we today lost about 1.2 million tonnes of coal,...

Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak has said that there is no reason for devaluation of the hryvnia. He told this to reporters before a Cabinet of Ministers meeting on Tuesday, while commenting on a meeting with the president at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Today is no reason for...

Ukroboronprom conducts no negotiations about supply of up-to-date armaments to Ukraine. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Our defense and law-enforcement agencies are engaged in the purchase, removal and transportation of any military equipment. This is done...

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk promises that Ukrainians will not freeze in winter. He said during the discussion of the heating season at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We can go through the heating season, at least, there will not be warm, but we will not freeze,” – Yatseniuk said,...

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine plans soon to increase the number of observers monitoring a truce in Donbas to 350 people. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “It is planned soon to expand the composition of the mission and...

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk believes that Ukraine will not depend on Russian gas in 10 years. He said this at a meeting of the Cabinet today, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the 10-year perspective, I see that we will diversify our gas supply sources to the extent that Russia will stop blackmailing Ukraine forever,” the...

Only a common approach by Ukraine and the European community to solving the gas issue will help resist Russia’s blackmail. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this while opening the 12th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community in Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “There is a very...

The European side, at a trilateral meeting in Berlin on September 26, will propose a compromise solution that will help restore Russian gas supplies to Ukraine without waiting for a Stockholm arbitration court ruling. European Commission Vice-President for Energy Guenther Oettinger said this after the 12th meeting of the Ministerial Council of...

Ukrainian security forces have recorded the cessation of shelling by Russian militants from approximately 23.00 on September 22. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “In general, we can...

Russian troops are holding a rotation on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “The redeployment of Russian troops is reported on the Ukrainian-Russian...